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Greeks, Romans, and pilgrims : classical receptions in early New England
- Title
- Greeks, Romans, and pilgrims : classical receptions in early New England / by David A. Lupher.
- Author
- Lupher, David A., 1947-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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- Description
- x, 427 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- In 'Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims' David Lupher examines the availability, circulation, and uses of Greek and Roman culture in the earliest period of the British settlement of New England. This book offers the first systematic correction to the dominant assumption that the Separatist settlers of Plymouth Plantation (the so-called ?Pilgrims?) were hostile or indifferent to ?humane learning? - a belief dating back to their cordial enemy, the May-pole reveler Thomas Morton of Ma-re Mount, whose own eccentric classical negotiations receive a chapter in this book. While there have been numerous studies of the uses of classical culture during the Revolutionary period of colonial North America, the first decades of settlement in New England have been neglected. Utilizing both familiar texts such as William Bradford?s 'Of Plimmoth Plantation' and overlooked archival sources, 'Greeks, Romans, and Pilgrims' signals the end of that neglect.
- Series Statement
- Early American History Series ; volume 7
- Uniform Title
- Early American history series ; v. 7.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Classical antiquity in promotional tracts for the settlement of New England -- Thomas Morton of Ma-re Mount: the "lady of learning" versus "elephants of wit" -- "Booke learning despised"? Access to "humane learning" in Plymouth Plantation -- Landing with Seneca, founding with Pliny, exiled with Ovid: Governor William Bradford and the classics.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-2219
- ISBN
- 9789004351172
- 9004351175
- LCCN
- 2017033468
- OCLC
- 1013988413
- Author
- Lupher, David A., 1947- author.
- Title
- Greeks, Romans, and pilgrims : classical receptions in early New England / by David A. Lupher.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Early American History Series ; volume 7Early American history series ; v. 7.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1775
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-2219